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Lawmakers must fully fund Iowa's Water Quality Information System
2+ week, 15+ hour ago (205+ words) Now, in this election year, Iowa's long, harmful legacy of lawmakers' unforgivable disregard for egregious factory farm runoff and ballooning cancer rates is under the microscope. Iowa lawmakers have a few short weeks to pass a state budget. In it,…...
University of Iowa water sensor program will get funding from Polk County as Linn, Johnson leaders consider contributions
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (902+ words) IIHR research associate Tom Stoeffler checks the sensor unit for a nitrate sensor at Waterworks Prairie Park in Iowa City on Sept. 11, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) In an effort to keep an Iowa water quality sensor program afloat past next…...
Cedar Rapids nets $1. 3 M for Middle Cedar Watershed project
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (373+ words) CEDAR RAPIDS " The city of Cedar Rapids is set to partner with five area farmers to test out new water quality measures as part of a larger, federally supported investment into the Middle Cedar Watershed. The city recently received nearly…...
Cedar Rapids nets $1. 3 M for watershed improvements
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (382+ words) The federal grant will support farmer partnerships, watershed modeling CEDAR RAPIDS " The city of Cedar Rapids is set to partner with five area farmers to test out new water quality measures as part of a larger, federally supported investment into…...
USGS to fly 'low-level' planes over Eastern Iowa to look for critical minerals
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (638+ words) The federal agency says the minerals can boost the economy and will bolster national security Nov. 21, 2025 4: 55 pm The U. S. Geological Survey will be flying airplanes over parts of Eastern Iowa starting this month to help make new maps for the research…...
Iowa food companies routinely violate water pollution permits, rarely face penalties
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (489+ words) LIVE NOW: Festival of Trees event and tree auction live now Learn More Nov. 16, 2025 6: 00 am Deb El Food Products LLC is one of hundreds of Iowa-based companies cited for violating its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit this year. Of…...
HER Stories: Mary Beth Stevenson recognized for commitment to clean drinking water for Cedar Rapids
6+ mon, 1+ day ago (913+ words) Home / Special Sections / HER Stevenson brings ag, city together for clean water Oct. 19, 2025 5: 00 am This story first appeared in HER Stories 2025, an annual special section that features Eastern Iowa women who have experienced powerful paths of achievement for themselves, their…...
UI geologist takes her skills to space in search for life on Mars
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (599+ words) Her work analyzing NASA rover's discoveries helps bring scientists a step closer to galactic breakthrough Oct. 5, 2025 6: 00 am IOWA CITY " If scientists can prove evidence of life on Mars " now or at any point in the past " "that would be a…...
Linn County is fixing one of its 'fish ladders.' What does it do?
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (990+ words) The county will work with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to repair damage caused by recent rains CENTRAL CITY " The Pinicon Ridge Park Dam is getting a touchup this fall to preserve the ecological benefits from its recent restoration....
Opinion: MAHA sells out to please polluters fouling our water
7+ mon, 5+ day ago (1054+ words) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , director of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services and a noted brain worm survivor, has released more than 120 recommendations from his Make America Healthy Again commission. That's MAHA, for short. When I heard the much-anticipated news…...